1974

1974 was the 1,973rd year of the Common Era and the 3rd year of the 1970s.

History
1968
 * The F-16 Tomcat fighter jet is tested for the first time in California.
 * Heiress Patty Hearst is abducted by the Symbionese Liberation Army and later forced to assist in a bank robbery by them.
 * The 1973 oil crisis ends when OPEC lifts their embargo against the United States.
 * The Terracotta Army is discovered in Xi'an, China.
 * The world population reaches 4 billion.
 * The Kiryat Shmona massacre takes place in Israel.
 * The Carnation Revolution in Portugal overthrows the Estado Novo fascist dictatorship.
 * The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May kill 33 civilians in the deadliest day of The Troubles in Ireland.
 * Juan Peron dies, and Isabel Peron succeeds him as President of Argentina.
 * On 20 July, Turkey invades and occupies Northern Cyprus twice after a coup on Cyprus, occupying 37% of the island.
 * A coup ousts the ruling junta of Greece.
 * The 1974 Italicus express bombing by Italian neo-fascists kills 12 and wounds 48.
 * Phillippe Petit crosses the World Trade Center on a tightrope.
 * Richard Nixon resigns from the office of President of the United States after the Watergate scandal.
 * TWA Flight 841 is bombed by the Abu Nidal Organization, leaving 88 dead.
 * The 21 November Birmingham pub bombings by the Irish Republican Army leave 21 dead.